From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Cc: autofs mailing list <autofs@linux.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: making the mountpoints visible all the time (fwd)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:43:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FBD6DA9.70204@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0311210848040.32325-100000@wombat.indigo.net.au>
Ian Kent wrote:
>
> To fit in with the existing framework I would need to require the entire
> map returned for a NULL key.
>
That's correct.
>
>>And of course autofs needs to deal with the consequences of the map
>>changing underneath it.
>
> I normally reread the map and try again on lookup failure. There is the
> HUP signal to do a manual map reread.
>
A better option is probably to update periodically. You still need to
be able to handle query of a mount point that you don't know about
(might have appeared anew) or a mount point you thought exist not being
found.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-21 1:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-19 8:13 making the mountpoints visible all the time (fwd) Ian Kent
2003-11-19 16:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-11-21 0:51 ` Ian Kent
2003-11-21 1:43 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-11-21 6:59 ` Ian Kent
2003-11-21 8:49 ` Ruslan U. Zakirov
2003-11-22 7:14 ` Ian Kent
2003-11-21 19:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-11-21 19:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-11-22 7:19 ` Ian Kent
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-17 5:05 Chris Croswhite
2003-11-17 5:32 ` Ian Kent
2003-12-02 13:49 ` Ian Kent
2003-11-16 16:05 Ian Kent
2003-11-16 19:58 ` Alexander Macdonald
2003-11-17 2:53 ` Ian Kent
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